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G. W. WHITE. Railway Trai n Marker.

No. 237,459. F Pat ented Feb. 8,1881;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

,GHARLES W. WHITE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO TRUMAN H. ALDRICH, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY-TRAIN MARKER.

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,459, dated February 8, 1881.

Application filed November 8,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Train Markers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway-signals, and its object is to furnish a substantial, dur- 1O able, safe, and convenientinstrument for bolding, adjusting, and carrying securely a signalflag by day andja signal-lantern by night,.and which may be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the hand-railing of any railway-car. It may be made of iron, steel, or

brass.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, andshow its practical application.

Figure 1 represents it in position attached to the hand-railing of a railway-car. Fig. 2 represents it detached, with the signal-flag in place and the signal-lantern displaced. Fig. 3 and part of Fig. 4 present it edgewise. Fig. 4 also represents a sectional View at lines as w in Fig. 3, showing the key orlock M in position.

A is a bar of iron turned to form a right angle, and extending far enough beyond the corrugated point at H to display a flag-signal or a lantern-signal beyond the side of the car,

0 and the curve 0 formed at the end of said iron bar is for the reception of the signal-lantern.

Corrugated parts D, E, F, Gr, and H in said iron bar A and their corresponding parts in springs J and K are for the purpose of adjust- 5 ing the distance from the car at which the signals are to be displayed, and also for the purpose of attaching and holding the instrument itself to the hand-railing of the car.

J is a spring firmly attached to the principal bar A, for the'purpose of holding the up- 40 per end of the instrument in position; and K is also a spring, firmly attached to said bar A, and is for the purpose of aiding in holding in position and securing the signal-lantern.

L represents a socket for the staff of a fiag- 5 signal, and the part of which it is made, being solid and firmly attached to the bar A near the curve C, furnishes a substantial bearing for the lock M, by which the signal-lantern is made secure in its place and the whole instru- 5o inent made secure in its position.

What 1 claim as myiuvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. In a railway-train marker, the combination, with the hand-rail of acar, of bar A, having suitable corrugations to fit the hand-rail, and the springs J and K, having correspond ing corrugations, and forming with bar A a clasp for the lantern, and with the socket L a holder for the flag.

2. In a railway-train marker, the combination, with the hand-rail of a car, of bar A, the corrugations D, E, F, Gr, and H, and curve C, the springs J and K, having corresponding corrugations D, E, F, G, and H, and curve C, 65 socket L, and lock M.

CHARLES W. WHITE.

Witnesses WILLIAM BEMEY, H. FRANCIS CRAWFORD. 

